Illustrating yet another reason why we need to stop burning coal, a large coal freighter is stuck on a section of the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia and is leaking fuel.

A large Chinese coal ship has run aground on a section of the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia and is in danger of breaking up. The ship is already leaking coal and oil and is in danger of breaking apart entirely, dumping its load of fuel onto the reefs below.